Pursuit Quotes
May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.
The entire pursuit of value investing requires you to see where the crowd is wrong so that you can profit from their misperceptions.
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom.
All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit...
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync with God is about obedience. Any other pursuit will get in the way.
That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, “Mr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.
Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.
Comfort kills ambition. Get uncomfortable and get used to it in your pursuit of your goals and dreams.
Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.
Be willing to go all out, in pursuit of your dream. Ultimately it will pay off. You are more powerful than you think you are.
Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.
In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too
More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.
No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.
I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.
The pursuit of individual happiness within those limits prescribed by social conditions, is the first requisite to the attainment of the greatest general happiness.
I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.
I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda.
People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.
He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears every hardship, reproach and insult nobly, never thinking the least evil of anyone.
The pursuit of truth in science transcends national boundaries. It takes us beyond hatred and anger and fear. It is the best of us.
If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.
A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.
There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolation in the pursuit of security is no virtue.
The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.